From Stethoscopes to Sails
Final-year medical student Ellie Rowbotham swaps scrubs for sea boots as she reflects on her first voyage as a sail trainee during the Tall Ships Races in Aberdeen. What is a Tall Ship? As someone who had not sailed …
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Pivotal people in transgender healthcare
Year 5 medical student Sarah, shares the stories of four key individuals in the journey of transgender healthcare. ‘Surely, where the mind cannot be made to fit the body, the body should be made to fit, approximately, at any rate …
Medicine in the Media -Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
Trauma Code: Heroes on Call By Moniz Wong Thinking back to question ‘why do you want to study medicine?’, I’d imagine that many of us can attribute that to the medical shows that we’ve been exposed to since young. Whether …
Alcohol: a tonic and restorative?
Year 5 medical student, Sarah takes us on a journey through history as she ponders the use of alcohol as medicine. “For wine is the most beneficial of beverages, the pleasantest of medicines, and the least cloying of appetizing things” …
Why offer holder days are a must: how they helped me choose my university
Bob shares what to expect from offer holder days, from meeting future classmates to talking to ambassadors. I was quite nervous in the weeks leading up to Edinburgh’s offer holder day. My experience with Edinburgh, both as a city and …
Stem cells and regenerative medicine: my summer internship in the Emmerson Lab
Year 2 medical student, Madeleine provides an insight into her summer lab internship in the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and how it has cemented her desire to incorporate research into her medical career. My name is Madeleine, and …
My summer internship as an anatomy dissector
Year 4 medical student, Heen Shamaz provides an insight into her summer internship as an anatomy dissector at Teviot Place. The student summer anatomy dissector job is a six week job with the Anatomy Department here at Edinburgh Medical …
Study tips for medical students, by medical students: part one
Edinburgh medical students share their insights and top tips for successful study. Jen Ola (Year 2) I found the amount of content studying medicine quite scary at first. However – when I realised that I shouldn’t worry too much about …
My journey to becoming a psychiatrist (via the scenic route)
As part of our ‘Inspiring Doctors’ series, we speak to consultant psychiatrist, Dr Robby Steel about his route into psychiatry after almost leaving medicine for law instead. I am Robby Steel. My day job is as a consultant psychiatrist at …
Meet the committee: Edinburgh University LGBT+ Medics
Delighted to introduce you to some of the committee members of the Edinburgh University LGBT+ Medics. Tobias (he/him) – Education Officer Where are you from? Dundee What made you join the society? To work together getting involved with LGBTQI+ education …
A comic insight into our medical student lives
Hi, we’re the Cheeky Medics (@cheeky_medics), a group of second year medics making (hopefully!) funny comic strips as part of our SSC2b project. The aim of the project is to have a reflective journey and we’re hoping to bring a …
International Women’s Day: The women who inspire us
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness against bias and encourages action for equality. For International Women’s Day 2021, we asked our medical students to nominate a woman who inspires them. Here’s a selection of women currently inspiring the …
Looking after yourself whilst looking after others
Hello, I’m Daniel, a Year 5 medical student. Like most of my peers, I applied to medical school because I wanted a life where I could spend my time caring for those in need. Since then, it has become …
Adapting from high school to uni life
Making the switch from high school life to uni life can be a daunting challenge, so we chatted to a few of our medical student ambassadors for an insight into how they successfully adapted to life as a medic. What …
Lockdown life: volunteering at the Patient HEROES project
Hello, we’re Vernu and Aoife, two second year medical students who recently had the pleasure of volunteering at our local GP practice during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past several weeks, we have been volunteering at the Elliott Hall Medical …
A local guide to the Edinburgh I love
Hi, I’m Sorna. I’ve been an Edinburgh local since I was about 4, and still chose to stay here for university because of how absolutely captivating the city is. As I always say to students who are thinking about studying …
Medical student, poet and care home worker
Cameron Sandilands is an Edinburgh medical student who also works at his local care home. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Cami has been fundraising for both the care home and Alzheimer Scotland with online poetry readings. The poems which are his …
An honest review of Year 1 Medicine at Edinburgh
Hello, my name is Marcus and I have just finished my first year of Medicine. I imagine that if you’re reading this page you’re presumably a future or prospective medical student who’s already read every single tip on how to …
Intercalating: A great opportunity to try new things
Hi, I’m Wesley, I’m a third-year medical student, and I’ve just finished my intercalation in Anatomy and Development. Whilst most UK medical schools offer intercalation, a few like Edinburgh make it a compulsory component of the course. So many options …
Lunch mates: Katie Birt and Kirsty Dundas
A regular feature where MBChB students meet a member of staff for lunch. This issue, student Katie Birt meets consultant obstetrician and associate senior tutor, Dr Kirsty Dundas. Katie What were your expectations? Kirsty and I had actually by coincidence …
